Sanitary garbage-can.s



i Y' I' GUSTAVUS `wA'NcrENKHE'IM," oF Los'. ANGELES,4 CALIFONIA.

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Be it known that I, GUsrAvUs WAN'GEN- v HEIM, a citizen-` of Australia, but having de-l clared my intention'of'becoming a citizen of tary Garbage-Can, of which the following/is a A y d specification;

c It is. the object of invention toprovideja convenient, cheap, simple, automatic'- e ally-operatedv 'device wherebyal charge of f `V=ceptacle may be roundysquare, or of any inventionwhenever y'the lid of the can israised Aand then again lowered. i l v The can, the lid, and thel'disinfectant-re;`

erform, asf. desiredalflw- 1 The accompanying drawings illustrate the Figure 1 is a view ofk a can'.embodyingV this inventioiuthe'lid being closed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. The yclosure for the disinfectant-receptacle isl ,showny open.

just c1osed,so thata portion' of the disinfectant is being discharged into the can proper.

1 is the 'can-body; 2, a removable 1i( there-A for; 3, an opening therein; 4, a closure for the opening; 5," a `receptacle fastened to the 'lidi v vbeneath the opening; v3, a sloping wall at the rearof the receptacle ;-7,` a chute `or apron ar ranged'ae'ross the outlet to receivedisinfect-l ant material Sydiscllarged therefroml and 'therewith dam up 'or plug theou'tlet when the lid is raised and until the lid is again lowered, whereupon the kportion of the material be thrown out into the can. p

caught by the apronor chute will vfalloutor- 9 indicates two".rearwardly-projecting upwardly-bentvarms' at the rear ed e of the lid,

and 10 indicates two .upward y-extending,y

" covered when vdesired Iandvto -al ow the lid to y sure 4is shut andthelid closed in place on the p .'Specication of Letters Patent.- Application inea september 15.1905. vsaranno.2 '1"e`,a'l.

` can.

What I claim-isf;y disinfectant will be deposited in the i (um` y l h Fig.v 3 is a ,fragmental sectional elevation of thegcan with lid open. y Fig. 4 showsthe same with the lid patented nach 2o, i906.'

arms 9 that extend therethrough, thus to allow thev lid to shut with a jarrin feffect to scatter the disinfectant materia contents ofy the can'.v

1 kA'ftrbafg'e-can.provided kwith arexlnov-l lable lid aving an openingi-n thetop-thereof,

l f- UNITED STATES;PATETQFFICE.'

- When the lid is swung up as indicated iinFig'. 3, afportion of the disinfectin mate'- `rial falls into the chute 7., and when t e lid is.. [dropped to close the canv they material is thrown intothe can.y f When the can is-to-be l' -em tied, the lid willirstbe removed.` he holes y11 of the eyes are larger than the l y 6oover the l a closuregforthe opening, a rece tacle underneath the opening,-.said receptac e vrovided atl can, with an outlet, an apronl across the outlet to form a trap tol catch ar ortion of the oo n- -4 tents of the rece taclean k,thereby dam the',`

outlet when the id is swung u'p, and to dis-vv I vchargesaid portionof the contents when the Y lid is lowered to cover the can. l, f

2. A' garba e-can ,provided 4with two upwardly-eritenv ing eyes, ag'lidlhavinv prongs extending'through such eyes and ent u wardly,larec`eptacle fastened to theundersi e l' y' andan apron .rearwardly ofthe outlet, to catch a portion ofthe contents of the recep" fof the lidand having an outlet at the rear end,

tacle when the lid isswungk and to dlS- charge, such portion when the down. v A,

3.. A lid'having areceptacle iovided with anl outlet opposite the fronte ge' of the lid, and a chute from such outlet to receive material therefrom when the lid is raised and to dischargefthe same below Ithe' lid when the lid ris lowered.

'd is turned 4L A lid, a receptacle-on the lid, provided with a rearwardly-slopin ,wall with an-outletI at the upper part thereo and a chutebehind the outlet sloping therefrom downwardly and forwardly to discharge therebeneath.'-

yIn testimony whereof'I 'have hereunto set my` hand at Los Angeles, California.,A this 2d dayof September, 1905.' 'e

*,VVitnessesz'f` I v JAMEs R. TowNsEND, v i JULIA'TOWNSEND. l Y

GUsTAvUs WANGENHEIM. i 

